as we primrose hill in north london. as we have been hearing the first heavy snowfalls of winter have hit large swathes of the country today, bringing with it dangerous driving conditions and causing transport delays. how are things that are?” am slightly regretting coming up here now. across london and the home counties we have had a mix of sleet, snow and rain. it is not settling very much in central london, but around the outskirts it is. transport for london, responsible for keeping much of the network running, has a lot of work to do overnight. they see the gritters are out this evening. they have enough grip to grit london every single day for five months grip to grit london every single day forfive months which, as i am sure they and the rest of london hopes will not be necessary —— to grit london with enough grit everything a day for five months. london with enough grit everything a day forfive months. it london with enough grit everything a day for five months. it is london with enough grit everything a day forf

london is open. london is open to the world. # swedish house mafia — don't you worry child.ell, that's all we have time for tonight. so it's good night from me. and it's good night from me. good night. the two ronnies, that went down well, didn't it? different from what we have seen in other world cities. spectacular. gave us goosebumps watching that. our correspondentjonathan blake had a fantastic view down by the river in central london. what has the response being by everybody down that? well, the fireworks have just finished, and judging by the oohs and ahs and clapping, they were well received. it was worth the wait for everybody. # we'll take a cup o'kindness yet # for auld lang syne! they # for auld lang syne! are certainly in fine voice in they central # for auld lang syne! are certainly in fine voice in they central london. # for auld lang syne! are certainly in fine voice in they central london. of # for auld lang syne! are certainly in fine voice in they central london. of course, # for auld lang syne! are certainly in fine voice in they central london. of course,

they have enough grip to grit london every single day for five months grip to grit london every single will not be necessary —— to grit london with enough grit everything a day for five months. london with enough grit everything a day forfive months. it london with enough grit everything a day for five months. it is london with enough grit everything a day forfive months. it is notjust central london but they have to look after, but the outskirts as well,

as the mayor of london said, it is misery for londoners and london business and the uk economy. we feel we are more. we need to see staff if we feelwe are in more. we need to see staff if we feel we are in danger or need help. i use the tube every day and at my station i feel safer because i can see the staff, they are not behind a glass window. my wife recently had a problem late at night with a fight she saw and could not find anybody to come out of their office to deal with that and she had to deal with it. now there are people open to people coming up to them and saying, you have to do something about whatever is happening. that is the current situation. the strike due to end at 6pm today. it will be the roads and the trains and all the other support services on public transport that will bear the brunt until the system is up and running because it is not guaranteed the trains will be in the right places to suddenly begin again at six o'clock. it's 8. .15am. you're watching breakfast. the main stories this morning: theresa may will use a major speech today to encourage schoo

as isaid of london as a financial centre. as i said before, of london as a financial centre.re, i of london as a financial centre. as i said before, i don't believe that financial centre will leave the city of. i think the uk will continue to be the financial longs for europe. we may have to move certain activities, we may have to change the legal structure that we use to operate in europe, but i think it is going to be at the margin, and will be manageable. you have a banking licence in dublin and a big business in the us. is it a sensible conclusion to make that some of those activities might go either to new york or dublin? we have a bank subsidiary in ireland, which is part of the eu, and the largest credit ca rd of the eu, and the largest credit card operation in germany, so we have quite a presence in germany, and we have an office in france. we are the largest underwriter of european sovereign debt, so when european sovereign debt, so when european union countries issue their own debt, the largest bank underwriter in the world is ba rclays, underwriter in the world is

like london to another location. corporations across europe, they have cash operations in france and germany and the u.k. they decide where they want to apply their cash and if they want to manage their interest rate risk, where do they want to do it? i do not think that governments are going to preclude a government company from managing its liquidity in the most beneficial place. right now that is most likely london. i do not see why that will change. erik: your schedule to meet with the prime minister, what is going to come out of that meeting? what is unclear from the speech that you need to take up? guest: this is going to take a fulllong time to get clarity that the banks and corporations and investors and people want to have. erik: are you going to get reassurances from her? a two-yearle believe cliff is not helpful for anyone. you cannot function with contracts that go beyond two years if there is that cliff. talking about transitions and phase ins will be important. i think we cannot lose sight of finance is

happy new year, london! it wasn't just london with heightened security.ith memories of the berlin lorry attack still fresh, security was also stepped up at celebrations across germany. new year's eve passed peacefully in australia, sydney was the first major city to start proceedings with a glittering display over their iconic harbour bridge. in dubai, fireworks shot from the sides of the world's tallest skyscraper in a lavish display. and in scotland, partygoers welcomed 2017 with the world famous hogmanay street party in edinburgh. fantastic, yes. brilliant, isn't it? first time here, absolutely enthralling. it was brilliant, absolutely brilliant. you know how to party up here! and protection once again in america where up to 2 million people are thought to have joined the new year's eve ball in time square. but some regions of the world are still waiting for that much anticipated stroke of midnight. theresa may has called for 2017 to be a year of unity and opportunity following the eu referendum, which she says has exposed the divisions in britain. in

that is why, for example, you have many american investment banks based in london.is because they can do business in whatever european country freely. that will not be the case if the uk does not manage to reach a special agreement for accessing the special european market. these banks will have to negotiate and basically the uk will have to negotiate individually with different member states. quite frankly, the easy solution for these banks is to relocate part of their activities on the continent. not all of them, part of them. it is interesting. when you look at the sentiment from both sides, like donald tusk saying it will be a difficult negotiation process, theresa may saying if they do not get the vote they want they will exit completely. in that situation, what do we see for the future of the city of london in terms of how it will operate? she implied in her speech that she will change the goalposts in terms of how things go in london, taxing, regulation, so it becomes better on the ground. yeah. i think there are two things here. political posturing, if you w

at last talks yesterday, transport for london said it offered to com plete for london said it offeredittle too late. the mayor of london, siddique khan, said the strike would cause misery for millions of londoners and said there was a good deal sitting on the table but would ensure station safety. —— them out. the last major tube strike was in the summer of 2015. as on that occasion, there will be extra buses, but it is expected they will struggle to cope with demand. if tube stations open at all, it will probably be later than normal, and many will close at seven o'clock in the evening even though the strike will have finished by then. transport for london says it expects the tube service to be severely restricted. coming up at six o'clock on breakfast, charlie and naga will have all the day's news, business and sport. they'll also have more on why a leading pet charity say they're helping more people decide what to do if they're unable to take pets into care homes or sheltered accommodation. you are watching bbc world news. if yours are due to be held in israel today for the four so

happy new year, london! it wasn't just london with heightened security.the berlin lorry attack still fresh, security was also stepped up at celebrations across germany. new year's eve passed peacefully in australia, sydney was the first major city to start proceedings with a glittering display over their iconic harbour bridge. in dubai, fireworks shot from the sides of the world's tallest skyscraper in a lavish display. and in scotland, partygoers welcomed 2017 with the world famous hogmanay street party in edinburgh. fantastic, yes. brilliant, isn't it? first time here, absolutely enthralling. it was brilliant, absolutely brilliant. you know how to party up here! and protection once again in america where up to 2 million people are thought to have joined the new year's eve ball in time square. but some regions of the world are still waiting for that much anticipated stroke of midnight. theresa may has called for 2017 to be a year of ‘unity and opportunity‘ following the eu referendum, which she says has exposed the divisions in britain. in her new year m

, and very busy part of london. are. air pollution affects everyone to some extent or another. we know it can cause or exacerbate respiratory problems or even cause heart attacks or strokes. to put it in perspective, the world health organization says that you should have no human exposure over 200 units of nitrogen dioxide ever, and the legal limit is 18 hours in the whole year. brixton road, we had beaten that a ten hour limit for the whole year in it, as you say, just five days —— 18 hour. but the levels we re five days —— 18 hour. but the levels were almost twice 200, at 350. at that sort of level, i think it is right that buses should be suspended because it is diesel that we are really concerned about. people should be advised not to drive to those areas. wherever possible, pedestrians should avoid it. that is the scale of this problem and i think we need urgent action now. that would cause a lot of disruption, no doubt. the government are saying they have committed more than £2 billion since 2011 to increase

. >> thank you madam president supervisor president london breed supervisor cowen supervisor farrell supervisor sandra fewer supervisor jane kim aaron peskin hillary and supervisor presented supervisor jeff present supervisor katie tang and supervisor norman yee madam president all members are present you thank you, ladies and gentlemen, please join us in the pledge of allegiance and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> madam clerk any communications. >> yes. 3 to report we're in receipt of a communication from the honorable mayor ed lee phil district 8 by appointing jeff and welcome supervisor. >> (clapping.) >> next a xrungs from the direction of department of elections for the election of members of the board of supervisors who received a majority of votes cast at the election held on november 8, 2016, and declared elected to that office district one suzy loftus, district 3 aaron peskin and 5 supervisor president london breed and district 11 congratulations to the members. >> (clapping.) >> and finally the con

brexit cannot just be about more control for london.vernment has understood the need for an industrial strategy, making things matter. in november, i read in the evening standard that the secretary of state for our exit from the european union, david davis, had agreed with the london mayor, sadiq khan, that he would have a monthly face—to—face meeting and this would take place both before and after article 50. so that the position of london could be understood at every stage of the negotiation. as far as i know, there is no such arrangement for the north—east of england. if there are negotiations, and money is to come back, let that go to the regions, let's have constitutional change. in scotland, they want more powers for devolution, and probably stay in, as they say. we've combined, and i've combined with my colleague gordon brown, together, to see if scotland and the north, as a powerhouse, if you want a real powerhouse, put scotland and the north together for the same reason. to redistribute the power, redistribute the resources and

military veterans gets community support in arizona; and london's mayor, breaking barriers for politicians of muslim faith. next, on pbs newshour weekend. >> pbs newshour weekend is made possible by: bernard and irene schwartz. judy and josh weston. the cheryl and philip milstein family. the john and helen glessner family trust-- supporting trustworthy journalism that informs and inspires. sue and edgar wachenheim, iii. barbara hope zuckerberg. corporate funding is provided by mutual of america-- designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we're your retirement company. additional support has been provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. from the tisch wnet studios at lincoln center in new york, alison stewart. >> stewart: good evening and thank you for joining us. less than a week before he takes the oath of office as the 45th president of the united states, donald trump is signaling shifts in u.s. relations with russia and with china. in a new interview with "the w

of londoners thatitis misery for millions of londoners that it is notjust londoners that will be hit.sands of people who go through stations like this one. the stations at victoria and paddington and waterloo will also be called. —— close. most tube stations in london will be close. those opening will open later, around 7am, and will close later, around seven pm, even though the strike will be over by then. some lines like the victoria line will be closed entirely. what is the dispute about? staffing levels at the stations. the unions say they aren't safe. they say sometimes there is only one member of staff available at any time at any station. transport for london had last—minute talks with the union today and said they would employ more staff but the union said that was too little too late. more than 20 people have now died as a result of bitterly cold weather in much of central and eastern europe over the course of the weekend. temperatures have plunged as low as minus 30 celsius with snow covering the continent as far south as turkey and the greek islands. christian fraser report

london is open.

>> you have to ask the city of london. what they're really putting forward is this idea of eequivale eequivalents. i'm not so sure equivalents is a real full substitute for passporting. you have to ask the city of london about that. every suggestion is welcomed. but the question is, if i think about a relocation, partial relocation, do i have enough legal basis, enough economic basis to really base my decision on that? that passporting will always be fine. whether equivalents or not is fine is a two-way concept for me. >> what do you think the biggest risk is looking at a suggestion like that versus straight-out passporting. where does the biggest risk lie? >> i don't want to comment on a suggestion where i know far too little about. i know what passporting will mean, this will work and everything else we have to see. the real question is if ths thi one to one substitute? i don't think so. i look at the mergers, how would this shift the landscape, do you feel, for trade and also cross border trade? >> this is an ongoing pr

. >> thank you madam president supervisor president london breed supervisor cowen supervisor farrell supervisor sandra fewer supervisor jane kim aaron peskin hillary and supervisor presented supervisor jeff present supervisor katie tang and supervisor norman yee madam president all members are present you thank you, ladies and gentlemen, please join us in the pledge of allegiance and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> madam clerk any communications. >> yes. 3 to report we're in receipt of a communication from the honorable mayor ed lee phil district 8 by appointing jeff and welcome supervisor. >> (clapping.) >> next a xrungs from the direction of department of elections for the election of members of the board of supervisors who received a majority of votes cast at the election held on november 8, 2016, and declared elected to that office district one suzy loftus, district 3 aaron peskin and 5 supervisor president london breed and district 11 congratulations to the members. >> (clapping.) >> and finally the con

services ininancial london and i want to make sure that we can keep those services in london and i believebritain will do just that. sebastian: global news 24 hours a day powered by our 2600 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. this is bloomberg. guy: thank you. month trump earlier this criticized plans to create a factory in mexico. chairman sat down with an exclusive interview with bloomberg in davos. francine asked him if he had spoken about donald trump with other ceos. have not shared any concerns about a donald trump presidency a among other carmakers. we have already announced at the detroit auto show recently that we will invest 10 billion u.s. dollars in the next five years. can you give me a sense of more specific plans underway to increase production and what time --what is your timetable? we have full confidence in our market in the u.s. if it means more growth for us, we are willing to spend more in the u.s. francine: are you confident about the u.s. economy? through tax reform and infrastructure spending, will people purchase more of your cars in the united st

. >> thank you madam president supervisor president london breed supervisor cowen supervisor farrell supervisor sandra fewer supervisor jane kim aaron peskin hillary and supervisor presented supervisor jeff present supervisor katie tang and supervisor norman yee madam president all members are present you thank you, ladies and gentlemen, please join us in the pledge of allegiance and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> madam clerk any communications. >> yes. 3 to report we're in receipt of a communication from the honorable mayor ed lee phil district 8 by appointing jeff and welcome supervisor. >> (clapping.) >> next a xrungs from the direction of department of elections for the election of members of the board of supervisors who received a majority of votes cast at the election held on november 8, 2016, and declared elected to that office district one suzy loftus, district 3 aaron peskin and 5 supervisor president london breed and district 11 congratulations to the members. >> (clapping.) >> and finally the con

the mayor of london, sadiq khan, has condemned the strike by some london underground staff that has causedce have arrested 17 people in the investigation into the theft in paris ofjewellery worth millions of pounds from reality tv star kim kardashian. more than 20 people are known to have died across the continent, as temperatures plummet well below freezing. now, time for the sport. england forward chris robshaw is to miss rugby union's six nations championship, after undergoing surgery on a shoulder injury. it's expected to keep him out of action for around three months, in what will be a blow to england head coach eddiejones' plans as he looks to mastermind a successful english defence of the trophy. 0ur rugby union reporter chrisjones told me earlier, robshaw‘s will be big boots to fill. robshaw has been a store bought of the england side going back many yea rs. the england side going back many years. since losing the captaincy he has been outstanding in his new role asa has been outstanding in his new role as a blindside flanker. he played in all but one of england's's miraculous, mag

our correspondent daniel boettcher is at piccadilly circus station in central london. strike ended 45 minutes ago. how bad is it for people trying to get home tonight? well, around here, it isn't that busy at the moment. that isn't that busy at the moment. that is in part because people have changed the timings of their journeys and tried to find other ways of getting home. they were also advised earlier in the day to try to make their journeys advised earlier in the day to try to make theirjourneys home before six o'clock. but even though the strike is over, the station behind me is still closed. the gates are locked. there is a small group of people waiting outside with suitcases. they we re waiting outside with suitcases. they were hoping to get to heathrow airport on the underground, but they have told that that is not going to happen. the reason for that is that london underground says it has been focusing its efforts today on providing as good a service as it can in the circumstances during the peak daytime hours, the morning and evening rush hour. but that means

in north london, thousands of football fa ns that.sands of football fans know getting home will be tough. i will have to stay at my parents' house be tough. i will have to stay at my pare nts' house and be tough. i will have to stay at my parents' house and they will drive me to work. that is howl parents' house and they will drive me to work. that is how i will manage. , a black cab, overground, how they work. during the strike, tefl will put on 200 extra buses but do expect long queues. it would be easier to hire a bike. although it will be busy, hundreds of extra bikes will be available at special hubs at waterloo, king's cross and here at soho square near tottenham court road. there will also be extra staff to help people drop off bikes with the docking stations or food. there are other ways to get into the capital, but none of them would be plain sailing. we certainly will not be seen many of these. amelia has given us the latest update on the strike from euston station. it is quite evident here because there is a lot more traffi

fog in greater london.of the uk and we have the freezing fog as well. some of it is patchy, which can do it you in a false sense of security because it is thick in places. not so much in the south—west of england, but we have patchy fog in wales and north—west england. northern ireland, mostly fog free, but cold. temperatures down to —6 in places. scotland, a lot of cloud, which is giving way to clear skies, so the temperature has dropped. widespread frost again. patchy fog across the central lowla nds patchy fog across the central lowlands and southern uplands. across the pennines, into north—east england, we also have patchy fog. the vale of york, it could be slow to clear. in the south it will take longer to clear. some lifting into low cloud. if you are stuck under either of those things it will feel cold. temperatures struggling. away from the fog, beautiful day. sunshine, bright spells and temperature still nippy, 5—8. later in the day the wind picks up in northern ireland and western scotland. some r

in a moment i'll be talking to inga beale, the chief executive of lloyds of london who is at the worldmic forum. theresa may will today deliver a highly—anticipated speech on the uk's future outside the european union. the speech will focus on global britain and how the uk can be an outward facing nation as it seeks new post brexit relations with its trading partners. reports over the weekend suggest the british prime minister will use today's speech to signal the uk will pull out of the eu single market, although downing street described this as speculation. despite this, the pound hit its lowest level for more than three months on the reports, sterling dropping more than i% to below $1.20 before recovering slightly. the eu single market guarantees the free movement of goods, capital, services, and people but the uk government has indicated they will want to limit the movement of people as part of any brexit deal. with me is kathleen brooks, research director at city index. good morning, nice to see you. it is the most anticipated speech, probably one of the most important in her care

. >> thank you madam president supervisor president london breed supervisor cowen supervisor farrell supervisor sandra fewer supervisor jane kim aaron peskin hillary and supervisor presented supervisor jeff present supervisor katie tang and supervisor norman yee madam president all members are present you thank you, ladies and gentlemen, please join us in the pledge of allegiance and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> madam clerk any communications. >> yes. 3 to report we're in receipt of a communication from the honorable mayor ed lee phil district 8 by appointing jeff and welcome supervisor. >> (clapping.) >> next a xrungs from the direction of department of elections for the election of members of the board of supervisors who received a majority of votes cast at the election held on november 8, 2016, and declared elected to that office district one suzy loftus, district 3 aaron peskin and 5 supervisor president london breed and district 11 congratulations to the members. >> (clapping.) >> and finally the con

millions of londoners have faced travel misery today as a strike by london underground staff shut downrowded buses in an effort to get in. "totally unnecessary" was mayor sadiq khan's view of the strike. but unions sayjobs and safety are at stake. daniel boettcher is at piccadilly circus. this strike is now officially over, it ended about 20 minutes ago. the station behind me is still closed and london underground has said it has been focusing its efforts on its key daytime services which means there will be continued disruption this evening. it has been a miserable start to the week before tube travellers. —— for tube travellers. this is what happens when up to 4 million commuters have to change their travel plans. with few underground trains running this morning, the bus network took much of the strain. even with extra services laid on, there were still long queues and added frustration for passengers. there are no london underground connections at finsbury park today. at the start of the day around a third of tube stations were closed, gates locked, ticket halls empty. and although

the mayor of london, sadiq khan, has said london's air quality is now a public emergency, afterforecasts high levels of air pollution in large areas of central and west london. mr khan promised "bold action" to tackle the problem and said his office would continue to keep londoners informed of the risks to their health. unemployment has fallen to its lowest level for more than a decade. official figures show the number of people out of work in the uk, in the three months to november, was down by 52,000 to 1.6 million. average earnings rose by 2.7% compared with the same period last year. but the figures also show that since july, the total number of people in work in the uk has stopped growing. before newsnight, let's have a quick look at some of the front pages of tomorrow morning's papers. the metro leads with the reaction from european leaders to boris johnson's comments, that france's president was behaving like a world war ii prison camp guard over brexit. the express quotes the brexit secretary, david davis, saying he would stand up to the eu if it threatened britain with retaliati

. >> thank you madam president supervisor president london breed supervisor cowen supervisor farrell supervisor sandra fewer supervisor jane kim aaron peskin hillary and supervisor presented supervisor jeff present supervisor katie tang and supervisor norman yee madam president all members are present you thank you, ladies and gentlemen, please join us in the pledge of allegiance and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> madam clerk any communications. >> yes. 3 to report we're in receipt of a communication from the honorable mayor ed lee phil district 8 by appointing jeff and welcome supervisor. >> (clapping.) >> next a xrungs from the direction of department of elections for the election of members of the board of supervisors who received a majority of votes cast at the election held on november 8, 2016, and declared elected to that office district one suzy loftus, district 3 aaron peskin and 5 supervisor president london breed and district 11 congratulations to the members. >> (clapping.) >> and finally the con

caroline davies, bbc london news.pool in derbyshire today. james roberson went to meet some of those brave enough to take part. you need to plunge in if you're intending to swim on new year's day. for some people, the ten degree water temperature was still too cold, despite it being three times warmer than the air. this is the fourth year the parish council has opened the pool on january the 1st, and it is clearly a hit. i cannot believe how many people have been through the doors already. last year we had 150, now we have had 80 in the first 20 minutes. if you think that your intrepid reporter is crazy enough to get in there, i am sorry, i am not as intrepid as they are. it seems ridiculous, my sister wanted to do it. i guess it is a new year, new you idea. new man, she said. terrible idea! some crazy people in bikinis. oh my gosh! it is so cold! you're only cold for a small amount of time. i thought it would be a great start to the new year and i persuaded my friend to come. she did two lengths and got out. with war

guy johnson in london.rasia group headquarters in new york. let's talk about what is happening in the crude market. oil starting on a strong note as kuwait gets going with this output coats -- cuts. --omberg's james harrison hair and is onset. james barty still with us. a man which is not an opec member has joined the agreement to cut and says he will follow through on their pledge to cut output so we are seeing what the oil market has been doing since the opec agreement last month, and the price response has been clear. guy: i am not particularly shocked that they are doing what they said they would do, it is the rest of them. ones come? crucial james: russia has said it will take its time and implement the cuts more slowly than opec because it does not have a big state-controlled market controlling everything. by april or may they should have implemented the three health -- $3000 -- 3000 barrel a day cut. we will look at shipping schedules. guy: there will be a lot of proprietary data floating around . ho

people like berkeley more into london would have more labor in london.ls i suppose i then then 40,000 pounds on a 200,000 pound house. so it is a fair bit, but the u.k. andously is the the labor largely u.k.. guy: how does persimmon stack up against its pure group? charlie: -- it is more affordable. it tends to be in the parts of the country where house prices have been sort of, shall we say, less heated. the house prices are coming from a lower base and therefore more upside. you tend to see the northern parts of the country and scotland being lagging. london, the southeast. it is in those parts of the country. guy: the better parts of the country? charlie: for now, yes. guy: for now. are the london has bowlers, how are they going to be feeling in 2017? what is the picture? charlie: london has seen quite an adjustment. you might argue that the adjustment has already happened, possibly a bit more, but probably most of thinking the prime london is down a little remaining7, and now pretty strong. basically will ripple out, still continuing, so i would imag

francine: london is paralyzed.t of it but it is inconvenient for all sorts of people. it is only for 24 hours. francine: right. this is huge because it could cost them 50 million pounds tomorrow. tom: coming up on "bloomberg surveillance," we will look at some divergences and disparities across the atlantic. this is bloomberg. ♪ tom: this morning, the pound sterling and turkish lira are .eakening it is transatlantic sliding in this hour. we will have alberto gallo. and all the waiters bartenders in london, do they go back to where they came from? the procedural complaints begin. the president-elect and republicans, they are the majority. good morning, this is "bloomberg surveillance." we are live from london. we begin to weeks on the road. london and on to dov vos, switzerland. it is all about trump. francine: he gets inaugurated, 11 days away from that. we are also getting significant speeches and significant inquiries from theresa may. leads for thenson president-elect and his staff today. where do they want him

e—mailfor london says it will cause misery for millions but it is notjust londoners who will be affectednds of people that pour into the main london stations will be hit. this station will be closed so too will be paddington, waterloo and victoria. the strike is about staffing levels at stations. there we re staffing levels at stations. there were last—ditch talks today. transport for london said they would employ more staff. the union said it was too little too late. more than twenty people have now died as a result of bitterly cold weather in much of central and eastern europe over the course of the weekend. temperatures have plunged as low as minus 30 celsius with snow covering the continent as far south as turkey and the greek islands. christian fraser reports. ra rely rarely does the icy grip of the arctic circle reach as deep into europe as it has this weekend. the snow has even fallen on the mediterranean beaches of the greek islands. in the dolomites, the temperatures plunged to —23 celsius overnight. this is central italy. the hilltop town that was worst hit by this summer's ear

george magnus is with us in london. in switzerland of france, tons of meat in france and bring it to switzerland to beat the currency dynamic. when we look at the donald trump have anyy, do you evidence that the president-elect understands the hisomic system arbitrageurs politics? george: no. seeing it will be believing. we will find out in fairly short order whether the president and his team -- i'm not going to take potshots at the nominees that he has in line for treasury secretary and commerce and so on and so forth. there is a sporting chance that we have to be open-minded about this, some of the proposals which they may put forward in the economic sphere may have some beneficial effects to the united states. i'm not sure from a global perspective i would say that. we will have to wait and see. it doesn't look that great read we can keep an open mind. tomorrow, tom keene and francine from dallas. that all caps off from 6:00 in new york. this is bloomberg. ♪ guy: guy johnson in london, tom keene in zurich. down the

there's no reason to move them from london to paris.n you look at people who have are they have teams working on global issues from sector,n the finance the need to move to europe. what is attractive for the banks is frankfurt on one hand and , paris is very attractive and a lot of banks are interested. on trump, it's a very different story. francine: will he be apple to unleash these animal spirits? , we don't know if he icis.be good for publ if he is good for the u.s., it will be good for the world. the key question is the fact that no one knows how to predict the next tweet. he is impacting policies through tweets, and it is something that has some merit, because he's bringing the issues at the top very urgently and people are saying we have to deal with that immediately. at the same time, it is unpredictable. you don't know. to a lot ofu speak ceos on a regular basis. what would be your device to them and how you would deal with a tweet from donald trump singling out your company? >> the first thing to do is obviously do everything

earlier today i sat down with london mayor sadiq khan.said that may's plan to leave the market would be bad for london. >> it's one reason why businesses love investing in london, whether it's finance, tech, whether it's pharmaceutical, our access to a single market. it's our able to attract the most talented from around the world and the concern is that some of these business may decide to leave london and go not just to maybe paris, madrid or berlin, but may leave europe altogether and go to hong kong, singapore, elsewhere. so a message to my european friends, it's in your interest, too, to make sure there is not a so-called hard brexit. >> if that is the case that we lose access to sage market, if it's the case that firms leave london, we'll be poorer as a result and future generations will be let down. >> i also got the chance to ask sadiq khan about president-elect trump and his pledge to make a trade deal with the uk a priority. khan said he is optimistic about trump's promise and reiterated that america will also benefit from acces

london underground says there is no need for a strike.process of recruiting additional people and we also want to work with the trade unions over the next couple of months to identify where we may need to strengthen that. this dispute could only be resolved by the trade unions working with us collaboratively and talking around the table, not through strike action. some commuters face further disruption this week in an unrelated strike on southern rail services. passengers are being told to travel only if essential on tuesday, wednesday and friday, when train drivers belonging toa to a aslef are expected to be on strike over a long—running dispute over the role of guards and the company said there will be no services on strike days with only a limited number of bus links instead. the industrial advection —— the industrial action today is not in both overground industrial action today is not in both overg round rail services industrial action today is not in both overground rail services but there has been no interchange to be tube network

we get up to 5—7 in norwich and london. how to the west, belfast and london.e see the wind coming from the atlantic. always a mild direction. it will bring a fair bit of moisture with it, a bit of cloud and a bit of rain to start the weekend but the rain will be light and patchy and i think many places will be fine and dry. temperatures are back up into double figures in the south of the uk, not too bad for northern areas as well. not so cold to start the day on sunday but it will be another cloudy day. the wind is still coming in from the west and temperatures will be up to about eight or nine degrees, ten or 11 further south and any rain i suspect will be light and patchy, so turning mild into the weekend but there is a lot of cloud around, not much rain but a little bit of patchy rain and drizzle. this is bbc world news. our top story. a battle is under way in washington over barack obama's legacy as he counts down his final days in office. president obama has been huddling with democrats in a bid to save his healthcare law — but the incoming trump administ

honestly, you put some money into that, makes london look like noddy, honestly.ity, come on, come to hull, come to hull. and it's been a special night for one hull landlady. every weekend linda plays singalong classics to a pub packed with about 80 people. one of the 2012 organisers spotted her... tonight, she djed to a crowd of 25,000. # sweet caroline #. everybody's freezing so it takes a while to warm up, but they're from hull and they'll be bouncing. amazing fun, just watching the crowd, they are amazing. it's fabulous, fantastic. the party has well and truly started. the trick for hull is going to be to keep it going all year. hull's aim is for a million extra people to visit in 2017. a city at the end of the road could become a destination of choice. colin paterson, bbc news, hull, city of culture. time for a look at the weather forecast. it cleared up just in time for the fireworks in hull. under those clearing skies, it temperature is falling away and frost is the name of the game tonight. the rain, courtesy of a cold front, edging this way south eastward

good morning from bbc london news. i'm sonja jessup.ongestion charge to be reformed, so that drivers would pay more at rush hour. the london assembly says trafficjams are so serious that drivers who spend the longest time in the most heavily congested areas should be charged more. the mayor's office says there are already moves to tackle the problem, including better coordination of roadworks. british airways cabin crew at heathrow go on strike today in a dispute over pay. the workers, who are members of unite, are walking out for three days. ba says all its long—haul flights will operate as normal. but the airline has had to cancel a small number of short—haul services. the london sprinterjames ellington said he doesn't know how he or his teammate survived a motorbike accident in spain. the athlete has had surgery on a broken leg and both men have a suspected broken pelvis. there are fears that they may not be able to compete at the highest level again. a special service will take place this afternoon to remember those who lost their l

tomorrow morning, some will be protesting at london's stations.t there will be no disruptions next year. passengers need to come together and work with us need to come together and work with us to lobby the government. fares won't change for those commuters making tube journeys within london. how that will be funded is another point of political contention. sadiq khan will be out and about at london rail stations in the morning. not only to defend his pledge, but also to appealfor tfl only to defend his pledge, but also to appeal for tfl to have more control over commuter trains. if you are one of the hundreds of thousands of people affected by the strikes and disruption on our trains, we'd like to hear from you. we're hosting a televised debate — recorded on sunday evening — about the problems. just e—mail your contact details, including your opinion about the service you've experienced, to bbc rail debate@bbc.co.uk. well, the increasing frustration of the london commute is affecting drivers too, and at least one has decided to take action about

it is the oldest parish church in london by500 the oldest parish church in london by 500 years and its been a wonderful survivor, dividing the fire of london, the first world war and the second world war. —— surviving. we are here at the renaissance hotel at st pancras. this is the grand staircase. i don't think of ever seeing a more stunning or amazing staircase ever. that's a little bit of my land and i want to encourage everybody to come and discover it for themselves. some amazing places that you don't know about. the owner of a burger restaurant has just won the title of best female chef in asia. may chow has taken hong kong by storm with her chinese—style buns and deep fried dessert sandwiches. she gave the bbc a flavour of what her work is like. for the bao, i would definitely say it's a chinese burger. if you define me, my food is exactly me. am i really chinese, or why do i sound so american, or what is this? and i would explain that the bao is exactly me. like, really authentic chinese, but really authentic — you know, grew up in america, understand, you know, all the cultur

i am here in central london at an awards dinner.ches will be here in the next half—hour, but plenty forjones to ponder. he does have the strength and depth to cope, but he has watched a number of his first choice players succumb to injury. elsewhere, chris, incredible that we're still talking about the george north head injury controversy. world rugby have now criticised northampton for allowing him to play on after an injury in a club match — what have they had to say? world rug by world rugby felt they had to assert their authority over this issue. speaking to executives at world by speaking to executives at world rugby as i have in the last 20 minutes, they are keen to point out the severity of concussion and the importance it has in the modern game and how everyone needs to handle it as well as they can. they have reiterated that northampton were wrong to let george north back on the field. they said the process was not adhered to and they called it a failing, but they also said they don't have the jurisdiction to sanction north

welcome to the london stock exchange.usy morning here a seven o'clock with a raft of retail results coming in and we will find out how some of the high—street names went over the christmas period. we will have numbers and updates from tesco, marks & spencer, john lewis, waitrose, asos, companies telling us how christmas was for them, and we have had an indication from some retailers, with morrison is this week, yesterday sainsbury‘s, and it isafamiliar week, yesterday sainsbury‘s, and it is a familiar story with the findings that shop sales haven't done so well and online has done well. food sales, this year has been a christmas of food sales, not things like clothing with suggestions we all went and decided that this year we were going to have a good christmas as far as food was concerned but maybe we were shopping around elsewhere when it came to things like clothing. and while i am here, we should point out yesterday the london market, the ftse 100, the the london market, the ftse100, the 100 leading firms, that hit a